List of alumni of Ananda College
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This is a list of Anandians, alumni of the Ananda College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Religion
- Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa - former president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and author
- Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero - Sri Lankan scholar monk and a personality of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century
Ministers and legislators
Current
- Government benches
- Karu Jayasuriya - 20th Speaker of the Parliament
- R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara - Minister Public Administration and Management
- Mohan Lal Grero, MP - State Minister of University Education and Member of Parliament (note: also listed in "Educationalists")
- Daya Gamage - Minister of Primary Industry
- Ajith Perera - Deputy Minister of Power and Renewable Energy
- Arjuna Ranatunga - Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping
- Rajitha Senaratne - Cabinet Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine
- Achala Jagodage - Member of Parliament
- Chathura Senarathne - Member of Parliament
- Opposition benches
- Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena - current Member of Parliament
- Dullas Alahapperuma - current Member of Parliament
- P. Dayaratna - current Member of Parliament
- Mohan Lal Grero - chairman, Lyceum Group of Companies; Member of Parliament, Colombo District
- Gitanjana Gunawardena - current Member of Parliament
- Tissa Vitharana - current Member of Parliament, professor of microbiology and leader of the LSSP
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - current Member of Parliament, Kalutara District
Former
- Thomas Amarasuriya - former Member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon
- S. A. Wickramasinghe - former senator and founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka
- N. M. Perera - founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister of Finance
- William de Silva - former Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries; former Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada
- D. P. Atapattu - former Member of Parliament for Beliatte, Secretary to the Minister of State, 1965–70
- R. M. Dharmadasa Banda - ex minister of Agriculture
- Anandatissa de Alwis - former Speaker of the National State Assembly in Sri Lanka; Cabinet Minister of State
- General Sarath Fonseka - leader of Democratic Party and former Member of Parliament
- Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Diplomats")
- Dharmasiri Senanayake - former Cabinet Minister of Media, Tourism and Civil Aviation & General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
- Tikiri Banda Subasinghe - former Speaker of the Parliament and Cabinet Minister of Industries & Scientific Affairs
- Philip Gunawardena - served as Minister of Agriculture in 1956 Cabinet; Minister of Fisheries
- Indradasa Hettiarachchi - former Minister of Industries
- P. B. G. Kalugalla - former Minister of Finance
- I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla - former Minister of Education
- Lakshman Jayakody - former Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Presidential advisor
- Wickremabahu Karunaratne - leader of the Nava Lanka Samasamaja Party; served as a Provincial Councillor representing Colombo District
- Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi - former Colombo District Minister and Member of Parliament (Kolonnawa)
- Imthiaz Bakeer Markar - former Cabinet Minister of Media, Postal and Telecommunications
- Sanjeewa Kavirathna - Former Member of Parliament and Member of Central Provincial council. Sri Lanka's first Green Awarded politician.
- V. Navaratnam - former Member of Parliament
- V. Yogeswaran former Member of Parliament
- Herbert Sri Nissanka - former Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
- Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra - former Member of Parliament
- Rohitha Bogollagama - former minister of Foreign Affairs and ex Member of Parliament
- Basil Rajapaksa - former Minister of Economic Development and Member of Parliament
- Ossie Abeygunasekara - former leader of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa - former Secretary of Defense
- Lalitha Rajapakse - former Minister of Justice of Ceylon, elected Member of the Senate of Ceylon; former Sri Lankan Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
- Suranimala Rajapaksha - former Minister of School Education
- N. R. Rajavarothiam - Ceylon Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament
- Bimal Rathnayaka - former Member of Parliament
- Dingiri Bandara Welagedara - former Cabinet Minister of Plan Implementation and former Governor of North Central Province
Mayors
- Karu Jayasuriya - former Mayor of Colombo, former Minister, MP, and current deputy leader of the United National Party
- N. M. Perera - former Mayor of Colombo; founder and leader of LSSP; former Minister Of Finance
Diplomats
- Gunasena de Soyza, CMG, OBE, CCS - Civil Servant, former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
- Warnasena Rasaputra - Civil Servant, former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States of America, France and Geneva
- J B Disanayake - writer, language specialist, former Head of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, and Sri Lankan Ambassador to Thailand
- Tudor Gunasekara - former Member of Parliament for Mahara Electorate, District Minister for Gampaha and the first Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland, Bulgaria and Romania (note: also listed in "Ministers" and "Legislators")
- Karu Jayasuriya - former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Germany
- Wasantha Karannagoda - Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Adviser, Commander of the Navy (note: also listed in "Military")
- Lalitha Rajapakse, KC - Ambassador to France and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Military
- Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka - former Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka Armed Forces, Commander of the Army[1]
- General Hamilton Wanasinghe - former Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka, Commander of the Army
- General Lionel Balagalle - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
- General Rohan Daluwatte - former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army
- Major General Lakshman Algama - VSV, USP, NDC, PSC (1940-1999) former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army
- Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi - former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
- Major General Jagath Dias - former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army
- Major General Kamal Gunaratne - Commander 53rd division of the Sri Lankan Army
- Lt. A.P.N.C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene - Sri Lankan commissioned officer
- Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa - Defence Secretary, Ministry of Defence
- Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda - Commander of the Navy, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Japan, Secretary Ministry of Highways & Road Development, National Security Advisor[1]
- Osmund de Silva - former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
- Mahinda Balasuriya - former Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka[2]
- Sumith Liyanage - former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka
- Kanchana Senerat Kadigawe - former Senior Superintendent of Police
Academics
- Stanley Wijesundera - former Professor of Chemistry; Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
- LH Sumanadasa - aviator, engineer, educator; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
- Chandratne Patuwathavithane - former Professor of Engineering & Vice Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa
- K. D. Arulpragasam - first Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, Sri Lanka
- Charles Dahanayake - Writer, Professor of Physics & Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- K.K.Y.W. Perera - Professor of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Harendra de Silva - Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama
- Chandre Dharma-wardana - scientist, Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Université de Montréal
- Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe - Professor of Civil Engineering; Founding Dean (Emeritus), Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
- D. Shelton A. Gunaratne - Professor of Mass Communications Emeritus affiliated with Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA
- Nimal Rajapakshe - Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences Simon Fraser University, Canada
- M. P. Ranaweera - Professor of Civil Engineering; Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya
- V. K. Samaranayake - Professor of Computer Science and former Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo
- W.S. Karunaratne - late Professor in Buddhist Philosophy & Comparative Religion at Peradeniya University; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and a member of the Board of Regents of University of Sri Lanka
- Wickremabahu Karunaratne - Lecturer of Electronics at Peradeniya University; leader of Nava Samsamaja Party
- Ravindra Fernando - Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo
- Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri - Professor of Theology, University of Toronto
- Bogoda Premaratne - author, former Principal of Royal College, Colombo
- Vicumpriya Perera - Professor of Mathematics, Kent State University
Industrialists and corporate executives
- Dr Nalaka Godahewa - Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism; former Managing Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
- Thilan Wijesinghe - former Chief of BOI; CEO of Forbes & Walker Ltd.
- Harsha Purasinghe - founder Microimage
Civil servants
- Warnasena Rasaputra - former Governor of the Central bank of Sri Lanka
- Anandatissa de Alwis - former Governor of North-North Western Province of Sri Lanka
- V. M. Panchalingam - former District Secretary for Jaffna
- Tissa Devendra - Writer, former Civil Servant
Sports
- Marvan Atapattu - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain
- Dinesh Chandimal - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
- Ajit de Silva - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
- Akalanka Ganegama - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
- Avishka Gunawardene - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
- Chandika Hathurusingha - former Test cricketer and National Junior Coach
- Dinuka Hettiarachchi - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
- Thilina Kandamby - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
- Brendon Kuruppu - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
- Muthumudalige Pushpakumara - Sri Lankan ODI cricketer
- Daya Rajasinghe - rifle shooting - national champion, SAF Games gold medalist
- Arjuna Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricket captain and Member of Parliament; 1996 World Cup-winning team captain
- Dammika Ranatunga - Sri Lanka Test cricketer
- Nishantha Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka ODI cricketer, Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket
- Sanjeeva Ranatunga - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
- Dulip Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
- Thilan Samaraweera - Sri Lankan Test cricketer[3]
- Charith Senanayake - Sri Lankan Test cricketer
- Sachithra Senanayake - Sri Lanka T20 and ODI cricketer
- Mahela Udawatte - Sri Lanka ODI cricketer
- Sanjeewa Weerasinghe - former Sri Lanka Test cricketer
- Mithra Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
- Sidath Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Test cricketer
- Sunil Wettimuny - former Sri Lankan Opening Batsman
- Hemantha Wickramaratne - former ODI Cricketer
Engineers and Architects
- B. D. Rampala - engineer, former General Manager of Ceylon Railways
- L. H. Sumanadasa - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon; founder of the University of Moratuwa
- R. G. de S. Wettimuny - Buddhist writer and double chartered engineer (mechanical and civil)
- D. J. Wimalasurendra - engineer, Pioneer of hydro power in Sri Lanka
- Jayantha Perera - Chartered Architect and Past President of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
Legal
- Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva - former Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- Shiva Pasupati - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
- Yuwanjana Wijayatilake - former Attorney General of Sri Lanka
- Chan Htoon - Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma, and the architect of the first constitution of Burma in 1947
- Ye Htoon - Burmese lawyer and entrepreneur
- Gamini Perera - senior lawyer and legal consultant
- V. Sivasubramaniam - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
- J. F. A. Soza - former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- P. Sriskandarajah - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon
- Irwin Jayasuriya - lawyer and former Chairmen of Ceylon Transport Board
Medical professionals
- Prof. Harendra de Silva – Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
- Prof. Ravindra Fernando – Professor of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
- C G Uragoda – physician, author, folklorist, historian and conservationist
- Gamini Wickremasinghe – MD, Informatics Group
Poets, novelists and academic writers
- Sunanda Mahendra - author and critic
- G. B. Senanayake - Sinhala writer
Media personalities and journalists
- Nishantha Ranatunga - CEO of CSN TV
- Regi Siriwardena - Sri Lankan journalist, poet, writer, playwright and writer of screenplays
- Tarzie Vittachi - journalist and former UNICEF Deputy Executive Director of External Relations
Artists
- Premakeerthi De Alwis - composer and narrator
- Malaka Dewapriya - video artist and short filmmaker
- Lucky Dias - TV and film actor
- Dayananda Gunawardena - playwright, actor, lyricist, radio play producer, and Sinhala radio play writer
- Nalaka Gunawardene - journalist
- Bathiya Jayakodi - singer
- Kasun Kalhara - music director, singer, composer
- Indrachapa Liyanage - singer
- D. B. Nihalsinghe, film director; founding CEO and General Manager of the State Film Corporation; pioneer of Sri Lanka television production
- Titus Thotawatte - film director
- Wijeratne Warakagoda - veteran actor in stage, movie and tele-drama
- Jagath Wickramasinghe - singer
References
- ^ a b "Distinguished Old Anandians".
- ^ "Distinguished Old Anandians, Page 1". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "PROFILE: THILAN SAMARAWEERA".